Suteishi wrote:I've tried a little of everything and have found that the only thing I don't like is scented/flavored tea. I am especially interested in puerh though, it is unlike anything I have ever tasted before.

You've already found the puerh topics, so that's a good start. Most of the vendors that carry puerh samples will also have lots of other good teas, so add one or two other interesting things to each puerh order and you'll have a great start on exploring other teas too.

I'm a tea almost-omnivore myself, avoiding only the flavored teas and western-style black teas. I drink a little of almost everything else.

I am looking forward to seeing you around our forum. There's lots to learn about tea, you came to the right place.

Debunix gave you good advice, you should take it slowly and branch out to other teas in a timely manner. When I first discovered loose leaf tea I literally went crazy and the result was many teas I did not like and lots of teas that ended up stale.

However, these teas did come to good use, I started a TeaBath reserve!

I'm a tea drinker in San Jose! There are actually a lot of us. I'm also the San Jose Tea Examiner and the director of a tea hobby club, the South Bay Ladies' Tea Guild, that meets every month. Next month we're celebrating the centennial of women having the right to vote in California. We're planning a Woman's Suffrage march through downtown San Jose and ending up at Satori Tea Bar for tea. You're welcome to join us! We're on Facebook and we have a blog/website called The Cup That Cheers where I post about our upcoming events as well as tea and history information.

I'm a tea drinker in San Jose! There are actually a lot of us. I'm also the San Jose Tea Examiner and the director of a tea hobby club, the South Bay Ladies' Tea Guild, that meets every month. Next month we're celebrating the centennial of women having the right to vote in California. We're planning a Woman's Suffrage march through downtown San Jose and ending up at Satori Tea Bar for tea. You're welcome to join us! We're on Facebook and we have a blog/website called The Cup That Cheers where I post about our upcoming events as well as tea and history information.

Elizabeth Urbach

How wonderful! I didn't know we had anything like that in San Jose. I will be sure to look you guys up!